My Weed Is Gone

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Being the creature of habit that I am, my run routes vary little day-to-day. Typically, the first 2.25 miles are the same. After that, I can turn right for a 4-miler, go straight and make subsequent right turns at other points for 5, 6, 7, or 8-mile loops, or not turn for 10 to 20-mile out and backs. I love it!

As I’ve shared before, and for as long as I can remember, at mile 1.8 I pass a barley-like foxtail weed that has grown in a crack on the side of the road. It started out as a small plant; but, along with the others near it, has steadily grown to about waist height. That weed has become part of my run…my day:

Comments: I did 5.13 at a 10:04 min/mi pace using a 4:1 run-walk ratio. Knee status: meh… At 4.75 miles, it was bugging me so I switched to a 2m:30sec ratio for the final stretch.
I’ve been experimenting with KT Tape the last two days. Actually, only this morning, since the stuff didn’t stick for my run yesterday. We’ll see if that provides any help/relief. I really do hope the knee returns to its old self at some point…soon.